Tap Happy vs Breathing Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Happy
This app offers a self-guided tapping experience to help you pause, refocus, and reset. It uses gentle rhythmic tapping with adjustable paces to manage stress, anxiety, and racing thoughts. Sessions are designed to be flexible and supportive, allowing you to control your experience at any time.
- Self-guided tapping sessions
- Variable rhythmic pacing
- Adaptive pacing
- Calming and grounding exercises
- Stress and anxiety relief
- Flexible session control
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Tap Happy is a calming, self-guided tapping app designed to help you pause, refocus, and reset. Each session uses gentle rhythmic tapping, with different paces and guidance depending on how you’re feeling — whether you want to slow down before sleep, interrupt racing thoughts, or ground yourself during a stressful moment. Sessions are thoughtfully paced: Slower rhythms for settling and rest Steady rhythms for grounding Faster rhythms for breaking mental loops Adaptive pacing that changes as your session progresses Tap Happy is designed to be simple, supportive, and flexible. You’re always in control — start or stop at any time. This app provides self-guided support and is not a substitute for therapy or medical treatment. Download Tap Happy for free. Some sessions and features are available with a paid subscription. Subscription Details: Tap Happy offers an auto-renewing monthly subscription for $4.99 per month with a 7-day free trial, providing unlimited access to premium features. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account will be charged $4.99 per month within 24 hours prior to renewal. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://sites.google.com/view/tap-happy/privacy Terms: https://sites.google.com/view/tap-happy/privacy
Breathing Time
This app offers a customizable breathing timer with visual, audio, and vibrational guidance. Tailor your inhale, hold, exhale, and pause durations, and set the number of repetitions for a personalized practice.
- Customizable inhale, hold, exhale, and pause durations
- Repeatable breathing cycles
- Visual breathing guidance
- Audio breathing cues
- Vibrational breathing alerts
- Apple Watch integration (in-app purchase)
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Breathing Time provides visual, audio, and vibrational cues to guide you through your breathing practice. Set your desired time periods for inhaling, holding your breath, exhaling, and pausing before re-inhaling. Set the number of times to repeat your breathing cycle. And Breathing Time will guide you through each step of your breathing sequence. In-App purchases are available to unlock Apple Watch features and disable ads, which will start to appear after an initial trial-use period.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tap Happy at none against Breathing Time's shown. Breathing Time's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tap Happy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Breathing Time sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tap Happy against 5.0 for Breathing Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tap Happy ships an update every 2 months, Breathing Time daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap Happy | Breathing Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Talk or Not, Inc. | nojobli LLC |
Customer experience
Tap Happy
Breathing Time
In-app purchases
Tap Happy
- Tap Happy: Calm & Ground7 Days trial$4.991 Month
Breathing Time
- +1 week Ad free and Watch access$0.39
- +1 month Ad free and Watch access$0.99









